What Was Your First Car ?

[yemgi]

what about a 430 with the TTE supercharger they put in the IS 430 and with noz injection ? :zee: I think it could be great in an IS200

[Micelis]

'89 Jag XJ6 2.9 in Burgundy, bought it in january 2000 for £1500!

awfull car, no acceleration whatsoever, parts kept dropping off left, right and centre!!

... but hey it was still better then the 2nd one...

[Loz]

'89 Jag XJ6 2.9 in Burgundy, bought it in january 2000 for £1500!

awfull car, no acceleration whatsoever, parts kept dropping off left, right and centre!!

... but hey it was still better then the 2nd one...

Yup...

had an XJ40 3.6 Sov and twice the door handles came off in peoples hand... "NEVER MINE!!!" so very embarassing....

Loz: Hey, wanna ride in my Jag?

Random Mate: Er....dunno mate... whats gonna drop off this time..?

Loz: er... my self esteem?

[JonC]

hahaha fidgits is a nova boy

[Fidgits]

hahaha fidgits is a nova boy

It wasn't a nova actually :P It was an Opel Corsa.. and only cost a 100 quid .... i was a student...

well.. we wont mention what happened to the Fiesta then

(But at least i didnt fit a quad exhaust to its 1.6 engine :P )

[Damer]

1970 VW Beetle 1200c.c. - Burgundy (half shares with brother cost £125 took 12 months to get it on the road)

1974 VW Beetle 1300c.c. - White (found in a gargage £100 - never got on the road)

P Plate Ford Fiesta Popular - Red - Company car

S Plate Peugeot 206 GLX - Silver - Co Car - got it first 2 days went on sale!

Peugeot 406 Diesel Estate - white - Co car for 4 days!

P Plate Fiat Bravo 1.4 - Blue - Co Car

W Plate Renault Megane 1.6 Alize - Blue - Co Car

X Plate Lexus IS 200 S Nav - Silver - new job, opted out of Co car scheme!

53 Plate Lexus IS 200 SE Auto Nav - Blue - Current car

[Gord]

My 1st car was a Fiat 131 racing T reg in gunmetal with nice set of 15inch alloys :D and was very fast in its day :D

[TheDon]

at 20 i got a rover 600 turbo diesel, lasted 1 year then i changed it for the IS200 and never looked back.

As for my first vehicle, it was a Gilera runner 125 followed by a 180cc conversion which lasted 600miles and then i bought a Suzuki SV650s at 19 which got a lot of changes and modifications.

[kam05]

i'm 25 and i've only owned two cars (late starter):

2000- was given a B reg Ford Escort (MK3) 1.3 Ghia for my 21st- was still a student back then (got written off within 6 months, a Volvo hit me from behind).

2003- bought a Lexus IS200SE (Astral Black) with 40K on the clock. Not bad eh since I left uni in 2002 and i just started my first proper job after leaving uni (all my mates were well pi*ssed off since they all bought fords/vauxhalls/fiats etc and was the odd one out with a Lexus!)

[mus26c]

My first car was Suzuki swift 993 cc GL, blue colour 4 door, I loved it during fuel crisis, I got it for £550 M reg and was written off when a rover hit me from the back and got £650 for it. I was lucky because I had a month worth of road tax and MOT and I was planning to send the car to the scrap yard. :D

[jason_l]

i'm 25 and i've only owned two cars (late starter):

2000- was given a B reg Ford Escort (MK3) 1.3 Ghia for my 21st- was still a student back then (got written off within 6 months, a Volvo hit me from behind).

2003- bought a Lexus IS200SE (Astral Black) with 40K on the clock.  Not bad eh since I left uni in 2002 and i just started my first proper job after leaving uni (all my mates were well pi*ssed off since they all bought fords/vauxhalls/fiats etc and was the odd one out with a Lexus!)

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LOL. similar to me.....had a little Fiat Punto 1.2 sx had that for 3 years, finished Uni and before i had graduated bought My Lexus IS200. friends all have fords, peugots etc....and i don't even have a proper job!!!

[legendswraith]

my first was a white D reg RS cossie when i was 18 paid an excessive amount to get it insured and run it was nervous every time i left it anywhere but it went like stink and i liked it at the time. Paid for it in the long run though as it seriously effected the health of my bank balance but we live and learn

[Niraj]

Had a D reg, Hyundai Pony, 1.3litre. In smog white lol. But it had a tow bar :D not that it could tow anything, but it helped me measure distances when reverse parking.... *thud* hahahaha

[MacRS200]

Red 1.1 Mk2 Escort van (ASN 685N), shag pile carpet in the back, 2 x 6" speakers in custom made panels made of hardboard and covered in mock leather, wired into the AM radio (mono), no 8 track couldn't afford one

Front had a custom made centre console made of, yes you guessed, hardboard covered in mock leather housing a Smiths analogue clock (luxury) and thought it was the nads. Oh forgot about the RS Mexico steel wheels :D

Back drivers seat mounts went through the floor going down the motorway but managed to squeeze another 6 months out of it till one of the McPhearson struts went through the inner wing and the front end was then held up by the bonnet catch Off to the scrappies it went

[davepruce]

1954 Simca Aronde - more rust than metal

(In value for money terms - the best car I've ever had - purchase price £8.10s, mileage 10000 in 8 months, running costs apart from petrol and oil - £0!!!)

1965 Thames 15cwt pash wagon - no windows but had a setee and a bar!

(forgotten one or two)

1966 Rover 2000 auto a real pile'o'poo

1965 Alfa 2 seater sports (dunno the model) 1600 twincam rocket

Built a Nova Kit based on a '61 bug (see http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/newlancsvwclub/...Nova_Pages.html for an example (thats not my page))

1966 Norton Atlas 750 It felt fast then!

1964 3.4 Jag mk2 greeeat in a straight line, dont try to corner!!!

then got married, kids/mortgage, crap cars

[Adie]

S reg Rover 216 SI. Had that for 4 years. Now got the IS 200. Have had a company van also since 18 :D White van

[rhosneigr]

After a 4 year love affair with various motorbikes I got my first car in 1963. It was a black Austin A30 bought from my dad.

[wills]

1978 VW Scirocco 1.6 lurverly and rusted like a peperpot

[shorty]

first one was a A40 then an A60 then Cresta's and Viscounts then onward and upward this should bring a smile to some faces with good memories :P

[remus]

first one was a A40 then an A60 then Cresta's and Viscounts then onward and upward this should bring a smile to some faces with good memories  :P

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Shorty how old are you ffs? I've never even heard of those cars - aren't the first two road numbers?

Mine was a 1978 Mini 850 in orange (yuck)

[terdancam]

white ford fiesta 1.1 w reg.

thrashed the poor thing to absolute bug*ery.

some :tsktsk: smashed the drivers window one night, so ended up driving it around for 6 months with a perspex sheet "borrowed" from Texas Homecare, having to hold it in place with one hand to stop it falling into the door space :duh:

Did a lot of driving from Oxford to Bham and i remember my hand gettting virtually frostbitten trying to keep it in place on the mway :D

Finally blew the engine so hard that the bonnet flipped up and whacked the windscreen/roof, bits flew out the bottom and i gave the guy behind a frickin heartattack. I couldn`t afford oil at the time , seriously.

Then a sierra---blew the engine

then a corsa---engine caught fire

then a new mondeo-----blew the engine

then a lexus----behave..........

[Mr Singh]

Not seen this post before...

$hitreon AXGT (Citroen)

Was featured in Lax Power magazine 4 years ago...

Heres a pic... in my usual fashion it was slammed silly!

[Anees]

Then a sierra---blew the engine

then a corsa---engine caught fire

then a new mondeo-----blew the engine

then a lexus----behave..........

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You and engines sure don't mix! :P :P

My first car was a 1.0L H Reg Toyota Starlet. Hated it with its manual choke and leaking oil!! Was good on petrol mind! :D

I got that just before I started uni. By the end of my second year I had my second car....Mazda 323F 1.5i! :D I thought it was a lightening quick and so sportly! (remember I had just come from a Starlet ) It was a great car, never had a days trouble with it. Then in 2004 after lots of saving up I got the Lex.

[Ryo]

A reg mk3 escort, 1.3l in sunburst red, NO its not orange !!!

D reg sierra ghia 2.0

F reg xr4x4 gunmetal grey

f reg xr4x4 white,. only cos i bought a new engine for previous one and wrote it off :)

supra 3.0

supra 2.5 aero

supra 3.0 TT

and finally the beasty

ROVER METRO !!!!!!!

then the gs300 sporty :)

Steve

[eXOBeX]

Y-reg (82) Toyota Corolla estate

D-reg (86) Toyota Corolla hatchback

H-reg (90) Toyota Carina II (sold to my sister, got back, going to my brother when he passes his test)

P-reg (96) Toyota Carina E (swapped with my sister's Carina II last Chrimbo)

N-reg (95) Lexus GS300

52-reg (02) Lexus GS300 SE

Also worth a mention is the nitrous-equipped M-reg (94) Rover 220 Turbo I straight-swapped for the N-reg GS. It's on eBay this week!